what is that horrible thing she got around her head!? She has worn some amasing dresses and hats, but this is not on her "good" list, I don´t like the dress either...
and the photo does not make justice to the face veil I wish i could find another pix so you'll see it better
For a lot of these outfits, I'm not sure if she ever wore them again. I do know that there are alot of engagements that Diana carried out, that we will likely never have pictures of. For example usually once or twice a month she would receive an official from one of her charities or from one of her regiments. I would imagine that an official picture was taken, but they were rarely published. So we don't know what she wore for these engagements.Lady Jean said:
Seeing that blue AIDS handshake dress reminds me: Diana had several copies of that same dress, or something very similar, in different colors. There was the cream one she was wearing when she fainted in Canada in '86, a green one, and a bright pink one (the pink one had a different style skirt, though, if I remember correctly).Squidgy said:For a lot of these outfits, I'm not sure if she ever wore them again. I do know that there are alot of engagements that Diana carried out, that we will likely never have pictures of. For example usually once or twice a month she would receive an official from one of her charities or from one of her regiments. I would imagine that an official picture was taken, but they were rarely published. So we don't know what she wore for these engagements.
As for the 1981 Opening of Parliament gown, suprisingly enough, she wore it again at the next year's Parliament. At least it looks like the same dress.
The blue gown she wore to the CFDA awards was also wore for a portrait in late 1995 (she's sitting in front of a painting that was done of her, remember that one?)
The blue dress that she wore for her AIDS handshake in April 1987, she wore it before that on Sept. 24 1986 (picture below).
And as for the "dressing gown" style dress & the "Anorexia" dress, they were probably best left in the closet.
Photo: D. Levenson
I am notorious among my friends for my Diana obsession.)
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umbrellagirl said:
I got the picture from that oversize book, "The Royal family: at home and abroad". It's by Trevor Hall, with photos by David Levenson. I don't know if you have it, but if you don't, it might be worth buying. It's not all on Diana of course, but still there are about 100 pics of her. They are mostly of engagements we've seen before, but different poses than we usually see.umbrellagirl said:
It's great to have someone else obsessed by dating photos!umbrellagirl said:Once upon a time, I naively thought that if I could get all the Majesty and Royalty magazines from Diana's lifetime, I'd be satisfied. HAH! As we all know, there are enormous gaps there. Tim Graham's Royal Year books help with dates, and Hello magazine helps also. And I've discovered thousands of photos on the Getty Images website with dates--most are from T. Graham. So I keep plugging away. It's an honor to be among you here on the forums who are equally obsessed, and occasionally provide me with a new date.
(Over the Christmas holidays, I was talking to a friend, and said excitedly, "I'm finding so many dates!" She was confused and at first thought I meant dried fruit.
Yes, I used to think that Majesty & Royalty covered most of the engagements, but, as you note, they missed alot didn't they? And not only did they miss alot of photos, but in the section where they list engagements, they also left out quite a few. I guess their list was as complete as possible when they went to press and that engagements were added to Diana's schedule after the magazines were published. I am currently going through the London Times to get a complete list of her engagements. I've been doing this on & off since 1992. And even doing this, I still can't find dates for everything!Thank you very much, Squidgy. I wondered if maybe it came from that book, which I do have. I found it! (on p. 86). If I could find the time to collate all my information, I probably know more than I think I do.Squidgy said:I got the picture from that oversize book, "The Royal family: at home and abroad". It's by Trevor Hall, with photos by David Levenson. I don't know if you have it, but if you don't, it might be worth buying. It's not all on Diana of course, but still there are about 100 pics of her. They are mostly of engagements we've seen before, but different poses than we usually see.
It's great to have someone else obsessed by dating photos!
I often think the same thing! If only we had the time to go through all of our stuff again eh? Because I find that pieces of information sort of build on each other. So if you learn something new today, you can go back to your old material, re-read it & maybe discover something else.umbrellagirl said:
You're not being a pest.umbrellagirl said:
Yeah, I had a hard time figuring this one out too. I knew it was fall 1986 because of her hair, but beyond that, I didn't know. It was Canadiana (on this forum) who gave me the date for that one! So I can't take credit for any great detective work on my part.Squidgy said:
umbrellagirl said:
1984, June 
1985, June 20
1986, May 
1987, July 22 
1992, May 27
1979 Althorp 
1981 
1985 polo 
1985 polo
Polo. possibly May 29, 1983
Tour of Canada, June 28, 1983[post 25]kwanfan said:
Australia, March 29, 1983
Canada 
June 22, 1983
